Daily average number of young people in detention in Australia FY 2018-2022
On an average day in the 2022 financial year, 451 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth aged 10 to 17 years were held in youth detention in Australia, more than the number of non-Indigenous youths in detention in the country. The number has fluctuated over the past five years. In general, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are overrepresented within the Australian justice system.
